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Worthington Pump & Machy Co.
By 1925, Worthington had emerged as a builder of big engines like this 3750 horsepower model. It
was of two-cycle double-acting design. Steel forgings were used for much of the engine, including
the pistons; they worked within a cast iron liner. As with many engines of this style, steel tie rods
ran from the cylinder heads into the base, and this minimized the strains on the frame and distance
pieces.
history
Worthington began building gas engines in 1893. A 1915 advertisement indicates that the company had shipped 446.359 horsepower as an aggregate figure. At the time, Worthington was building diesel engines ranging in size from 300 to 2400 horsepower. By 1915 Worthington had expanded to include the Deane Works, Holyoke, Massescursetts: Blake & Knowles Works, East Cambridge Massachusetts: Worthington Works, Harrison, New Jersey: Laidlaw Works, Cincinnati, Ohio; Gas Engine Works, Cudahy, Wisconsin; Power & Mining Machinery Works, Cudahy, Wisconsin; Epping-Carpenter Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and the Snow-Holly Works at Buffalo, New York. By 1925 Worthington had emerged as a builder of big engines.
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